Pdf to Word conversion problems

I just tried to convert a pdf (in Italian) to Word. What came out was a page of senseless symbols. I tried converting to doc, docx, and rtf, and nothing worked. What to do?

Some PDF files aren't convertible. Here's a simple test. Select some text on a page, and copy it, paste it into Word (or whatever).
Do you get good italian words, or the same sort of junk?

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